MEXICO · 1992

Like Water for Chocolate

Alfonso Arau
forbidden love family control and oppression magical realism culinary arts as emotional expression passion and desire tradition versus individual freedom sisterhood and betrayal
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Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

Year1992
CountryMexico
DirectorAlfonso Arau
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